Extracting-tool.



EXTRACTING TOOL.v

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1911.

BELL.

0 N mu w m P TTNTT T lE T@t JAMES BELL, OF WEST MEDWAY, MASSACHUSETTS.

EXTRACTING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

Application filed March 27, 1917. Serial No. 157,675.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BELL, a citizen of the United States, residingat West Medway, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extracting- Tools;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a tool for extracting electric light bulbsfrom their sockets and also for extracting the sockets; and it consistsin the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of an extracting toolconstructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thetool. Figs. 3 and 4 are side views showing respectively how the toolengages with a lamp bulb and with a lamp socket.

Two jaws 2 and 3 are provided and are pivoted together like a pair oftongs by a pin 4. The shank 5 of one jaw is secured to a suitable poleor handle 6, and the shank 7 of the other jaw is provided with a cord orwire 8 for operating it. A spring 9 is secured between the shank 7 andthe jaw 2 so as to normally hold the jaws in their open position.

The upper end portions of the jaws have outwardly bent or ofl setextensions 10 which low terminate in inwardly projecting hooks 12.Curved plates 14 are secured to the jaws beand adjacent to the ofl'setextensions 10, and extend crosswise of the jaws. These plates 14 areadapted to grip an incandescent electric light bulb 15 when the cord ispulled upon, and as shown in Fig. 3.

The hooks 12 and ofiset portions are adapted to engage with the flange16 on the lower end of a lamp socket 17 as shown in Fig. 4:, so that thesocket can be removed.

This tool enables a large number of lamps and their sockets to beremoved and replaced in a short space of time, and without the use of astep ladder when the lamps are arranged overhead.

What I claim is:

A tool for extracting electric light bulbs and their sockets, comprisinga pair of pivoted jaws having outwardly oifset extensions at their upperends which terminate in inwardly projecting hooks adapted to engage withthe flanges of the lamp sockets, said jaws having also curved platessecured to them below and adjacent to the said 01T- set extensions andadapted to engage with the bulbs when the hooks are clear of the socketflanges, said plates being arranged to be clear of the bulbs when thehooks engage with the socket flanges, and means for operating the saidjaws.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

JAMES BELL.

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